Fruits of thespirit: Love,Joy,peace,kindness,temperance,gentleness,longsuffering,meekness
If you claim you have the fruits of the spirit or everybody has the fruits;if your bills stack up high will you have the fruits,when the bills are more than your bank account can handle will you still have the fruits?If someone bullies you constantly,can you still love your enemy.When things arnt going your way,can you have the courage&patience to work through it?When put to the test,will you overcome&be victorious?When put into the fire,will you breakdown&be destroyed?Or will you come out the other side unscaved?The ones with the real fruits of the spirit will overcome adversity&show that they truely are men&women of Christ.While the fakers will break down&revert to sin;&wont come through the fire,but be destroyed.
Can you honestly say you have the fruits of the spirit?Or are you just a faker?We can hope all day,but when actually put to the test,will you pass or fail?
2007-02-27 14:06:49 · 13 answers · asked by Maurice H 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As I walk through the fire....I hope you see one as the Son of Man walking with me.
2007-02-27 14:10:50 · answer #1 · answered by Jan P 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The fruit of the Spirit is put to the test in every Christians life every day.
If you can't great your spouse, sibling, child, co-worker, atheist neighbor with love - joy - peace - long suffering - gentleness - goodness - faith - meekness - temperance then you aren't walking through the fire.
It's not some grand event to come that will prove you've walked with God, but the day to day challenges; minor though they seem.
2007-02-27 22:25:36 · answer #2 · answered by V 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the fruit of the Spirit not fruits.
We are called to have the fruit of the Spirit in our lives but we are also human and do fail.
When we do fail we can ask for forgiveness.
2007-02-27 22:14:35 · answer #3 · answered by zoril 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows how they will face adversity. Many think they are capable of great things, but never know until they are required to do great things.
And not being able to do great things, even if you believe you can, does not make you a faker. It makes you human.
Just like being able to do great things, despite your insecurities and fears, doesn't make you a faker either.
2007-03-03 07:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Bad Day 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a bad spirit is in you, get away from it before it is too late,because you may go to the fire.Select between the 2 spirit, spirit of God or evil spirit.
2007-02-27 22:14:21 · answer #5 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you been baptized by water AND fire?
No one will truly know about pass/fail, since only God knows the heart. He even sees things that you don't.
You miss one important thing:
WHY we go through the fire. If it is for your reason, you might not pass.
When you read Job with that thought, it becomes all clearer.
2007-02-27 22:12:19 · answer #6 · answered by n9wff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT fruits... This is not multiple choice. The FRUIT (Singular) of the Spirit is: love, joy and peace. It is being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful and gentle and having control of oneself.
The Spirit living and working in you PRODUCES THIS FRUIT.
2007-02-27 22:09:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Speaking as one who has travelled the dusty roads, with a few scathed markings on my feet and many sunburned brows, I proudly say YES, I believe! I seek for His wisdom and guidence on a daily basis, because I know that there is so much more to learn than our minds can absorb. - Even more than our souls can perceive.
2007-02-27 22:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to understand what the fire is and why we go through ...because honestly...you don't have a choice as to whether you go through or not....you just go through...
The fire is a process..the refiners fire...and what is the process of going through the fire?...
The refining process is to refine..obviously...God according to Isaiah 48:10.... Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction....
We are vessels ...in us God sees potential...He wants vessels that can be used by him and made into whatever vessel he choses...the metal most widely accepted...and cherished and used is ...Gold...we sing a song in church..that says please be patient with me God is not through with me yet...the main part of the song says ...I shall come as pure gold..That's who we are vessels of gold...so in order to understand the process..you have to understand the process in which gold is harvested and refined...and you have to understand the attributes of gold..
There was a primary example of a man going through this fire baptism process...his name was ...Job...Job went through a firery trial...in which he came out as pure gold...
OK...but going through the fire ...has nothing to do with having the fruits of the spirit...when you receive the Lord into your life...there is not an instant transformation...it is a life long transformation...what Jesus came to do was to give you access to the one who will transform you ...that is what Adam lost in the beginning......
when you read the story of Job ..and you get to the end ..and what is known most of Job is patience...James 5:11... Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, ....You see ..none of the fruits automatically show up you have to grow them through the life experinces the Lord allows in your life...God bless
2007-02-27 22:56:57 · answer #9 · answered by soldier612 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the way you think. You have to be discipline to be like that. A lot of people don't want to be disciplined for Christ
2007-02-27 22:13:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋